I've been scratching my head for a while about this. My boss wants me to create a circuit that takes an absolute encoder and sends the signal to an HMI. No PLC, No motor, no Servo. Just whatever it takes to get the encoder signal to display on the HMI with as little as possible. I've looked, but I'm coming up dry or just not getting it. Maybe there's a component I haven't heard of? Am I overthinking it?